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There is somewhere in between Soviet Russsia and the Wild Wild West. This forum is 5 years, 1 month, and 12 days old, and has 1000s of members. In that time, it has been pretty close to the most reasonable sports discussion forum in the world. But keeping it that way does involve constant...

Don't forget, guys, the the ARU is essentially a not-for-profit enterprise. To put that differently, they need to make money from the top level of the game to regrow the bottom level of the game. If they don't support the bottom level of the game there will be no more top level of the game...

But how could we do that, Gags? ;)

Teams always win their first couple of games with a new coach. I say sack Deans after the first Lions warm up game.

OK Jay, maybe I'm unfairly lumping you in with some other guys. Next time I make this claim about McCaw maybe you can back me up, eh?

What a weird reply. Do you want to claim that I'm not saying the same thing about mcCaw as you? If so, are you not able to state that civilly? I'm actually pretty sick of being made a straw man by you and your mates, Jay.

If this is what you think - exactly the same as me - then I have no idea why you, and others, give me so much shit about it. Maybe it's like the fact that people often criticise their own family, but when anyone else does it, they take offence?

The Reds are coming! New CEO, new coach? New Quade?

Nah, still cleaning out the tank and bottles. I'm drinking Knappstein's Reserve Lager. There's not much left in reserve now, though.

I've only got one word to say about this game. Sharpey. And if the boys aren't shouting this to each other with ten minutes to go, I'll pull the thread from my yellow scarf until it's just a yellow string and I'll fucking hang myself with it. Sharpey. Shaaaaaaaaaaarpeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy!

Yeah, I really felt elated riding the train home from Homebush with 10,000 Jonny Wilkinsons singing Swing Low Sweet Chariot. I you ain't first, you're last.

Our reason for playing well in the NH tour is to avoid New Zealand in the RWC draw? [waylon mode activated]Harden up, belters![/waylon mode] I don't care when we meet New Zealand - the bloody pool stages are fine. If we're too scared to play them, that's a bloody poor start. "Bring it on!" as...

Watching the whole thing again I reckon Bob Dwyer would say that the whole attack is too wide. Why do we have two blokes sitting on the right-hand sideline? Taps could really have done with (1) his outside man - Harris - being a lot closer, and (2) the whole lot of them running straighter and...

Ahhh - sorry vidiot. (You should have seen the first draft of my response! :oops: )

I used play 13 and if you freeze it at 0.35 I reckon I would have passed it straight away. The second best solution is what Taps does - there's heaps of room out there and it looks lovely to run into. But I don't think Taps butchers it at all - give credit to the tackler who prevents Taps from...

Really? He put his head down and ran straight. He was either going to score a try or go to ground and recycle. Much better than throwing a wild pass to someone 10m behind him and losing the ball.

Oddly enough I really like Ali Williams. Him and Dan Carter, for quite different reasons, are my favourite Kiwi players from the last few years.

Oh boy. I think I'll excuse myself from this thread. codex, if you happen to have a masochistic streak, PM me and I'll try to explain my views. Cheers.

I tried to get this thread onto neutral territory but again it has been dragged back into the mud. In my opinion, because of the Kiwi's infantile reflex action to defend their own players at all costs. Is there not a rule against that?? It strikes me as the international version of...

When I say "rucking" I obviously mean rucking the body. FFS, at least debate in good faith. Do you think I am unaware that something called "rucks" exist in rugby? The "fatcat" rule is obscene, and unlike Kiwis with their side's infringements, you'll find that all the Aussies on here are...